Manifolding book



May 5, 193k l E. K. BOTTLE L804J45 MANIFOLDING BOOK Filed Nov. .15, 1927 VENTOR.

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`bound within a stub 6 v y .Patented May 5, 1931 UNITED" siA'ljiEs PATENT OFF EDWARD KIEEY BOTTLE, or ELMIEA, NEW YoEx, AssIeNoE'ro AMERICAN sA'LEs Booz coiuPANY, LIMITED, or roaoNro, CANADA, A coEroaArroN or oN'rAEro, cANaJDAf:

f ammonium Boon -Application filed November 15, 1927. Serial 170,283,846. v

VThis invention relates to sales books.

It is an object of this invention to provide a sales book which may be mani ulated without soiling the ngers and w ich maybe manufactured at a minimum of expense.

This invention. accordingly comprises an article of manufacture possessing the fea-hk tures, properties, and the relation of elements which will be exemplified-'in the article hereinafter described and the scope of the'application of which will be indicated 1nthe claims. v

n For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of the invention, reference should 15 be had to the following detailed description taken .in connection with the accompanyingv drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a sales book embodying this invention. l v

Fig. 2 is a similar view of amodihcation. In the drawings of the first embodfmnt,

upon itself to form two backing sheets 2 and 3, the sheet 3 being longer than the sheet 2 to extend out from under it, as shown at To the free end of the backing sheet 2 1s attached a padA of record leaves arranged 1n sets, each set comprisin a leaf or sheet 5 an extension 7, which is preferably separatedv from the record ortion of the sheet by a weakened line 8. achset also includes a free leaf or sheet 10 which is *notl bound within the stub, but

which has its 'lower end attached to the lovver end of the sheet by aweakened line 11.

The sheets and 10 arepreferablyformed of a single sheet havin a weakened line near its center, and folde 'upon the weakened.

line to form the two leaves, but obviously it can be manufactured by pasting sheets together, if desired. The pad also preferably includes a carbon sheet 12 bound withinv the stub 6 and arranged 5 and 10. 4

In this embodiment, the book is 'a two-pad book having, on the extension 4 of sheet-3, the stub 14 of a Seeeiidrpad 15 whereby these to lie between the sheets leaves of the ma "be interleaved with the leaves of the rst p to'form a tri licate record, as shown in the drawing. i ith Suche;

construction the transfer sheet 12 may be folded back upon itself in a manner similar to that of the record sheets to provide' a bound transfer leaf '16-and a free transfer leaf 17. This enables the record to be copied from beneath the carbon and the free record sheet 10 and free transfer -sheet 17 must both' be raised to permit the insertion of the aux iliarysheet 15.` 'In order to 'facilitate' the performance of this operation both carbon sheets 16 and 17 are provided with thumb notches 18, 19 in -positlo'n toexpose a corner4 20 of each free sheet -10 in succession. In order to facilitate the raising of the sheets 10 and 17 without soiling the finders there is bound within the stub e a biociing strip 21, whichnot only serves to hold the sta les of the pad in the customary manner,l utV also extends down below the upper end of the free transfer stri' graspingof the'sge sity of rubbing the finger upon the upper sur face'of the sheet 16. If desired, the upI er free end of the sheet 17 may have the car on removed therefrom, as shown'at 22, on either one or bothjsides in order to serve as a carbonffree handle with whichto manipulatel the sheet.' It will be understood, however, that soiling of the fingers occurs princi ally it is to protect the fingers from the upperv v .l i x surface of the sheet 1 6.

89? 17, so as to permit the et 17 without' the neces-j aolL 'through the rather hard rubbing whic oc-l It will be noticed that the weakened severance lines 8 of the sets of transfer leaves are positioned under the blocking strip 21 and forwardly in the book from the forward edges of the free leaves 10. rlhis arrangement provides more space for manipulating the transfer sheet in changing it from one manifolding position to the next successive position.

It will be understood that, in the specific modification illustrated in Fig. l the upper sheet 17 which serves to make its impression upon the under side of the sheet 10 and upon the upper side of the sheet may be dispensed with, if desired, since the record is transferred to the under side of the sheet 15 through the transfer material on the upper side of the sheet 16 and may readily be read through the sheet, if desired, a function which is facilitated if the sheet 15 be made of translucent material.

in the event that the sheet 17 is dispensed with the blocking strip 21 will serve to permit the raising of the sheet 10 without rubbing the fingers u on the upper surface of the sheet 16. ln either event, that is, whether the sheet 17 be dispensed with or not, the strip 21 may advantageously be extendedbelow the upper end of the sheet 10. The strip 21 is, further, provided with a notch 23 corresponding to the notches 118 and 19 except t at it will preferably be so arranged that no portion of the carbon sheet is exposed from beneath it at the notch.

In the particular embodiment illustrated in Fig. 2, a pad of folded sheets is provided similar to the corresponding pad of the first modification, and having a single sheet of double-faced carbon 31, bound within the pad. This modification differs, primarily,J from that of Figure 1 in that the invention is here disclosed as applied to a book having only one pad. With this modiiication, the transfer material on the upper side of the carbon strip may be utilized either to transfer the impression to the under side of the free record sheet 32 to prevent tampering, or it may be used for making an additional record by means of an auxiliary sheet. In either case, the blocking sheet 33 bound within the pad is arranged to extend, as shown at 34, below the free end 35 of the original record sheet 32, whereby the sheet ma be raised without soiling the fingers.

y the above description it will be evident that the sales book may be manipulated without rubbing the fingersl over the carbon surface and yet the book may be manufactured without the expense of removing the carbon material from the upper surface of the sheet. The blocking strip adds no material extra expense to thebook, since it costs no more than the usual binding strip to hold the pad together.

Since certain changes may be made in the above article and different embodiments of the invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the followingclaimsare intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a-matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is l 1. A device of the character described comprising a plurality of sets of leaves bound into a pad, each set comprising a bound leaf and a free leaf, said bound leaf being attached to said free leaf at the end opposite the binding, a weakened line between said bound leaf and said binding, a transfer strip bound within said pad in position to extend between the leaves of each set in succession, a blocking strip bound within said pad above said transfer slip, said free leaves terminating at their upper ends below said binding and said blocking strip terminating at its lower end below the upper end of said free leaf, and a cut-out notch through said carbon strip and through said blocking strip in juxtaposition to said weakened line and in position to expose a corner of the free leaf of each of said sets in succession. y

2. A device of the character described comprising a plurality of sets of leaves bound into a pad, each set comprising a bound leaf and a free leaf, said bound leaf being attached to said free leaf at the end opposite the binding, a weakened line between said bound leaf and said binding, a transfer strip bound within said pad in position to extend between the leaves of each set in succession, and a blocking strip bound within said pad above said transfer sheet, said blocking strip terminating at its lower end below the upper end of said free leaf and materially beyond said weakened line.

3. A manifolding book comprising, in combination, a plurality of sets of leaves bound together in a pad, each leaf comprising a bound leaf and a free leaf attached toether at the edge of the bound leaf away rom the binding, a carbon sheet bound within said pad comprising, also, a bound leaf and a free leaf similarly attached together, an auxiliary pad so mounted as to have its leaves adapted to be inserted successively between the bound and free leaves cf each of said sets and a blocking sheet within said first-mentioned pad above the carbon sheet and of a length to extend beneath the upper end of said carbon sheet.

4. A manifolding book comprising, in com` bination, a plurality of sets of leaves bound together in a pad, eachl leaf comprising a pad comprising, also, a bound leaf and a free leaf similarly attached together, an auxiliary mand free leaves of each of said sets and a` pad so mounted as to have its leaves adapted to be inserted successively between the. bound `blocking sheet within said first-mentioned pad above the carbon and of a length to extend beneath the upper end of said carbon leaf and of said record sheet.

5. A manifolding book comprising, in combination, a plurality of sets of leaves bound together in a pad, each leaf comprising a bound leaf and a free leaf attached together at the edge of the bound leaf away from the binding, a carbon sheet bound within said pad comprising, also, a bound leaf and a free i y leaf similarly attached together,'an auxiliary pad so mounted as to have its leaves adapted to be inserted successively between the bound and free-leaves of each of said sets and a blocking sheet within said first-mentioned pad above the carbon sheet and of a length to extend beneath the upper end of said carbon sheet, the upper end of the free carbon sheet being devoid of carbonupon its und-er s1 e.

6. A manifolding book comprising, in combination, a plurality of sets of leaves bound together in a pad, each leaf comprising a bound leaf and a free leaf attached together at the edge of the bound leaf away from the sets in succession.

binding, .a carbon sheet bound within said pad comprising, also, a bound leaf and a free leaf similarly attached together, an auxiliary pad so mounted as to have its leaves adapted to be inserted successively between the bound and free leaves of each of said sets, a blocking sheet within said first-mentioned pad above the carbon sheet and of a'l'ength to extend be-v neath the upper end of said carbon sheet, the upper end of the free carbon sheet being devoid of carbon upon its under side, and a cutout notch through said carbon sheet and through said blocking strip in position to expose a corner ofthe free leaf of each of said 7 A manifolding book inclu-ding, in combination, a plurality of sets of leaves bound into a pad having a stub, each set including a free leaf and a leaf bound into the stub of the pad said bound leaf being attached to said free leaf at the end opposite the binding,

a transfer sheet bound within said book in position to extend between the leaves of each set in succession, and a blocking strip bound vwithin said stub above said transfer sheet, said-blocking strip terminating at its lower end-below the upper end of said free leaf, whereby the latter overlies said blocking strip which thus functions as a separator to sepabound into a pad, each set including a bound leaf and a free leaf,`said bound leaf being attached to said free leaf at the end opposite the binding, a transfer sheet bound within said pad in position to extend between the leaves of each set in succession, a weakened line between said bound leaf and said binding, and a blocking strip bound within said pad above said transfer sheet and terminating at its lower end materially beyond said weakened line.

9. A manifolding book including, in com bination, a plurality of sets of leaves bound into a pad having a binding stub, each set including a free leaf' and a leafbound into said stub, said free leaf being attached to the bound leaf at the end of the latter opposite the bound end and being positioned in overlapping manifolding relation with said bound leaf, a transfer sheetbound within said stub in position to extend between the leaves of each said set in succession and having a back wardly lapped portion, an auxiliary pad so mounted --that its leaves may be inserted successively in manifolding relation with said sets of leaves and said transfer Sheets, and a blocking strip bound within said stub above said transfer sheet and terminating at its lower end'below the upper end of said backwardly lapped portion of the transfer sheet, whereby said end of the transfer sheet overlaps said blocking strip, said' overlapping end of the transfer sheet being free of transfer material on the under side thereof at said overlapping end portion.

10. A manifolding device including a plurality of sets of record leaves bound into a strip, said separator strip terminating at its' lower end below said free end of the record leaf, said free leaf end, when said leaf is in writing position, overlying` and contacting directly with said separator strip.

In testimony 'whereof I aiiix my signature.

EDWARD KIRBY BOTTLE. 

